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Any 1 billion-second interval is equivalent to 126 seasons, between 15 and 16 sessions of the Olympic Games, three to four censuses, and seven or eight presidential elections. One billion seconds is about as long as it takes a beech tree to reach maturity. Between 38 and 77 trips from Earth to Mars could occur within 1 billion seconds. A person who lives for 1 billion seconds reaches halfway between the ages of 32 and 33.